Pictures: Kashmir Protest 2012

A government employee is helped up by his colleague after he was hit by dyed water from a cannon used by Indian police to disperse a protest by the employees in Srinagar

A government employee is helped up by his colleague after he was hit by dyed water from a cannon used by Indian police to disperse a protest by the employees in Srinagar

Government employees are hit by dyed water from a cannon used by Indian police to disperse a protest by the employees in Srinagar

Government employees are hit by dyed water from a cannon used by Indian police to disperse a protest by the employees in Srinagar

Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri government employee during a protest in Srinagar

Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri government employee during a protest in Srinagar

Government employees are hit by dyed water from a cannon used by Indian police to disperse a protest by the employees in Srinagar

Government employees are hit by dyed water from a cannon used by Indian police to disperse a protest by the employees in Srinagar

A Kashmiri government employee shouts slogans as Indian policemen detain him during a protest in Srinagar

A Kashmiri government employee shouts slogans as Indian policemen detain him during a protest in Srinagar

Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri government employee during a protest in Srinagar, India

Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri government employee during a protest in Srinagar, India

Kashmiri government employees are sprayed with purple colored water by Indian police to disperse a protest in Srinagar on May 9,, 2012. Indian police detained dozens of government employees, used water cannons and resorted to baton charging the employees during the protest. The government employees were demanding an increase in the retirement age from 58 to 60 and the release of arrears

Kashmiri government employees are sprayed with purple colored water by Indian police to disperse a protest in Srinagar on May 9,, 2012. Indian police detained dozens of government employees, used water cannons and resorted to baton charging the employees during the protest. The government employees were demanding an increase in the retirement age from 58 to 60 and the release of arrears

A Kashmiri government employee shouts slogans from inside a police van as he is detained during a protest in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The employees demanded payment of arrears in salaries and raising of retirement age, among other demands

A Kashmiri government employee shouts slogans from inside a police van as he is detained during a protest in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. The employees demanded payment of arrears in salaries and raising of retirement age, among other demands

Kashmiri government employees are sprayed with purple colored water by Indian police to disperse a protest in Srinagar on May 9,, 2012. Indian police detained dozens of government employees, used water cannons and resorted to baton charging the employees during the protest. The government employees were demanding an increase in the retirement age from 58 to 60 and the release of arrears

Kashmiri government employees are sprayed with purple colored water by Indian police to disperse a protest in Srinagar on May 9,, 2012. Indian police detained dozens of government employees, used water cannons and resorted to baton charging the employees during the protest. The government employees were demanding an increase in the retirement age from 58 to 60 and the release of arrears

Kashmiri government employees are reflected in the purple colored water sprayed by Indian police to disperse a protest in Srinagar on May 9, 2012. Indian police detained dozens of government employees, used water cannons and resorted to baton charging the employees during the protest. The government employees were demanding an increase in the retirement age from 58 to 60 and the release of arrears. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFATAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/GettyImages

Kashmiri government employees are reflected in the purple colored water sprayed by Indian police to disperse a protest in Srinagar on May 9, 2012. Indian police detained dozens of government employees, used water cannons and resorted to baton charging the employees during the protest. The government employees were demanding an increase in the retirement age from 58 to 60 and the release of arrears.